Dartmouth boys track team stays undefeated

DARTMOUTH — On Wednesday, April 9, the Dartmouth High boys track team hosted Durfee of the Big Three Conference, handing the visitors a 88-47 defeat to move to 3-0 for the season.

BLAKE HILL

DARTMOUTH — On Wednesday, April 9, the Dartmouth High boys track team hosted Durfee of the Big Three Conference, handing the visitors a 88-47 defeat to move to 3-0 for the season.

Dartmouth Coach Bob Southerland said his distance runners went into this meet determined to improve on this season's times, and produced some impressive results.

In the mile run, Logan Patenaude earned a first place finish with a time of 4:56.3, and Danny Grubbs Donovan earned points for third on a 5:21.1 run. In the two mile race, Arjun Vanerjee earned second place with a solid 12:19.1, with Alex Tjersland taking third with a time of 13:10.5.

In the 800 meter run, Patenaude earned another first for Dartmouth with a 2:12.2, and Seth Kelly contributed a third in the 800 with a 2:22.8. Coach Southerland said Ethan Biron continued the DHS domination of the running events with a win in the 400 meter event, dashing to a 51.6-second finish. Jacob Corey was two steps back with a 56.6 to earn the second place points.

In the 200 meters, Evan Davis took first in 23.3 seconds, and Steve Cabral earned second place on a 24.3. In the 100 dash, Davis captured another first with a quick 11.5-second effort; Peter Boukheir earned third in 12.2 seconds. In the 400 hurdles, Chris Martin finished first with 64.9 seconds, with Brian Bettincourt second (21.3) and Jonathan Eaton third (22.3) to make it a sweep.

The Indians 4x100 relay team earned their points with a solid 47.0 effort by Boukheir, Cabral, Parker Remy-Miller, and Tim Smith. The Indians also earned the points in the 4x400 relay event with a combined 3:55.0 on legs run by Seth Kelly, Jacob Corey, Jacob Oliveira, and Ethan Biron.

In the field events, Logan Patenaude earned a hat trick for his first place in the high jump by clearing 5-4. Ronald Rose earned second by going 5-2 and Evan Davis was third on a 5-0 jump. In the long jump, Steve Cabral was first with an incredible 19-3.6 leap, Chris Martin earned second place (17-4.75) and Peter Boukheir took third (17-.25) for another Dartmouth sweep.

In the shot-put, Tim Smith earned first place honors with a nice 41-10.6 toss, and Jean Louis Alexander took third on a 35-7 throw. Shawn DaSilva added the points for second in the discus with a throw of 95 feet, 11 inches to complete the scoring for the visitors.